Slice of Life: Are you Bored Yet?

I just got off the phone with my mother-in-law who asked me if I was bored yet. I laughed. Well, I did clean the grout on the bathroom floor. Does that mean I’m bored?

Actually, my summer list is long and growing. This morning I accomplished one of my goals, blueberry picking. I do this every year the week after school gets out because this is the time when the blueberries ripen. In 2014, I wrote a poem about this ritual that begins with…

Some things wear their becoming,
like this blueberry, for example,
plump and perfectly indigo
surrounded by pinky-red brothers and sisters,
it boasts to be chosen
falls easily into my palm
joyfully plinks the plastic bucket.

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This was such a joy to read. I love you taking advantage of the blueberries and your summer. I feel so far from that time, but I know it’s only 2 1/2 weeks and I’ll be right where you are. Thank you for sharing. Plus–I love the line “Some things wear their becoming,”

I’ve picked a lot of things, but not blueberries. Love the poem, and your Painting of you picking. I can’t imagine you would be bored. Even cleaning grout is something to relish when there’s so little time for things like that during the year. Enjoy this different kind of time, Margaret.

Yes! No boredom. Some things wear their becoming. I love that line too and I know you will NOT be bored. I remember blueberry picking in early summer and would you know it, I don’t like/eat blueberries so I had to keep giving mine away. Oh well… loved the Slice. Margaret.

I can almost taste those luscious blueberries, Margaret. Be careful with that growing list, though! I have a terrible habit of making mine so unrealistic, then get upset when I don’t accomplish half of what I’d hoped to.

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